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  • #16
    Re: Stool or chair for playing

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    • #17
      Re: Stool or chair for playing

      Originally posted by Mincer View Post
      I haven't seen a whole lot of gaming chairs with arms that fold. If you come across some, let me know.
      Looks like the one with fold-down arms isn't being made anymore. This is similar to the one ehdwuld linked to - same brand but different model; handles a little more weight so it might be sturdier. Arms flip up.

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      • #18
        Re: Stool or chair for playing

        I have a desk chair with upswinging arms at the DAW station and also a padded folding piano bench. For guitar I prefer the bench because the chair also swivels.
        Duncan Pickups in currently in use: '59 (rewound to PATB-3)/'59, Custom/AP2H, Tapped QP set for Tele, Crazy 8/Cool Rails, Screamin' Demon/Stra-Bro 90, Custom 5/Phat Cat, SP90-1/SP90-2, SMB-5D

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        • #19
          Re: Stool or chair for playing

          I found a gaming chair at AFW for my office that has arms that fold up, so arms down for work/browsing, arms up for practicing.

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          • #20
            Re: Stool or chair for playing

            SO until Covids, I was still doing tours and gigging -and I'm sure you know that the fretboard view and angle and arm angle changes when you sit down from standing with the weight on a strap... so I always rehearse standing up to get as perfect of muscle memory as possible so I don't have to look at my instrument often -so I think playing from a chair can kind of mess up performing

            BUT for writing I prefer siting down and being closer to the fretboard for some reason -and I'd vote drum throne with a back as the best option.
            “For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard

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            • #21
              Re: Stool or chair for playing

              Originally posted by NegativeEase View Post
              SO until Covids, I was still doing tours and gigging -and I'm sure you know that the fretboard view and angle and arm angle changes when you sit down from standing with the weight on a strap... so I always rehearse standing up to get as perfect of muscle memory as possible so I don't have to look at my instrument often -so I think playing from a chair can kind of mess up performing

              BUT for writing I prefer siting down and being closer to the fretboard for some reason -and I'd vote drum throne with a back as the best option.
              Isn't that what the fret markers along the neck binding are for?
              I just use the armless office chair in my music room that doubles as a computer chair.

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              • #22
                Re: Stool or chair for playing

                Originally posted by Demanic View Post
                Isn't that what the fret markers along the neck binding are for?

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                Sure, but the angle of the arm, the hand, the distance all changes -and I'de prefer to not look down there to compensate for changes in all the playing posture
                “For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard

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                • #23
                  Re: Stool or chair for playing

                  Originally posted by NegativeEase View Post
                  Sure, but the angle of the arm, the hand, the distance all changes -and I'de prefer to not look down there to compensate for changes in all the playing posture
                  Well, I guess that that's the next level.
                  I look forward to the day when I can play anything while holding a conversation about nothing related to what I am playing.
                  A long way forward, indeed.

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                  • #24
                    Re: Stool or chair for playing

                    I prefer armless chairs, of normal chair height, over stools. It's great to be able to lean back a little and relax all the muscles that keep you upright on a stool.
                    Last edited by ItsaBass; 05-08-2020, 12:42 AM.
                    Originally posted by LesStrat
                    Yogi Berra was correct.
                    Originally posted by JOLLY
                    I do a few chord things, some crappy lead stuff, and then some rhythm stuff.

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                    • #25
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                      • #26
                        Re: Stool or chair for playing

                        a taller stool as the OP mentioned
                        is still in the standing position just kinda propped up
                        the legs still straight

                        only issue I had was the durned thing moved
                        EHD
                        Just here surfing Guitar Pron
                        RG2EX1 w/ SD hot-rodded pickups / RG4EXFM1 w/ Carvin S22j/b + FVN middle
                        SR500 / Martin 000CE-1/Epiphone Hummingbird
                        Epiphone Florentine with OEM Probuckers
                        Ehdwuld branded Blue semi hollow custom with JB/Jazz
                        Reptile Green Gibson Custom Studio / Aqua Dean Shire semi hollow with piezo
                        Carvin Belair / Laney GC80A Acoustic Amp (a gift from Guitar Player Mag)
                        GNX3000 (yea I'm a modeler)

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                        • #27
                          Re: Stool or chair for playing

                          Originally posted by NegativeEase View Post
                          SO until Covids, I was still doing tours and gigging -and I'm sure you know that the fretboard view and angle and arm angle changes when you sit down from standing with the weight on a strap... so I always rehearse standing up to get as perfect of muscle memory as possible so I don't have to look at my instrument often -so I think playing from a chair can kind of mess up performing

                          BUT for writing I prefer siting down and being closer to the fretboard for some reason -and I'd vote drum throne with a back as the best option.
                          Who was the guitarist/singer that always played sitting down?
                          I want to say he was in a 90’s band...
                          I remember him saying something like,
                          “When I practice I’m sitting, why would I then go onstage and stand while playing”
                          So he just always played sitting.

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                          • #28
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                            I use a guitar stool with a built-in guitar stand.

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                            But I did find one that has a back on it as well.


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                            • #29
                              Re: Stool or chair for playing

                              Originally posted by The Dali View Post
                              I use a guitar stool with a built-in guitar stand.

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                              But I did find one that has a back on it as well.


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                              I linked one from amazon like that in post #16
                              EHD
                              Just here surfing Guitar Pron
                              RG2EX1 w/ SD hot-rodded pickups / RG4EXFM1 w/ Carvin S22j/b + FVN middle
                              SR500 / Martin 000CE-1/Epiphone Hummingbird
                              Epiphone Florentine with OEM Probuckers
                              Ehdwuld branded Blue semi hollow custom with JB/Jazz
                              Reptile Green Gibson Custom Studio / Aqua Dean Shire semi hollow with piezo
                              Carvin Belair / Laney GC80A Acoustic Amp (a gift from Guitar Player Mag)
                              GNX3000 (yea I'm a modeler)

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                              • #30
                                Re: Stool or chair for playing

                                Originally posted by Gtrjunior View Post
                                Who was the guitarist/singer that always played sitting down?
                                I want to say he was in a 90’s band...
                                I remember him saying something like,
                                “When I practice I’m sitting, why would I then go onstage and stand while playing”
                                So he just always played sitting.
                                Ha -I remember that - I thought it was Robert Fripp, but I could be wrong. Mincer will know if I'm right.
                                “For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard

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